Tag Archives: Dan Smith

Jeff Tan ATM-B leading CAT’s Summiting Session

Posted on 9 January, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

Jeff Tan ATM-B will be leading CAT’s Summiting Session How to make people sit up and take notice of your speech by having an outlandish and unusually extra long speech title that dares to be different, bold and breaks the … Continue reading →

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Sending off Sam Jones with Body Language: 8 January

Posted on 4 January, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

This will be a particularly special CAT meeting, as it will be the last regular meeting for our Founding President, Sam Jones DTM – at least for a while. It will also be the last meeting for our favourite Canadian, … Continue reading →

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Speaker to Trainer: 17 January 2009

Posted on 23 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

You can entertain, inform and inspire, but can you train? Learn how to become a trainer. CAT will be starting 2009 with a very special event: Speaker to Trainer. Delivered from 1pm on Saturday 17 January, experienced Corporate and NLP … Continue reading →

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Get your speech organized this week at CAT

Posted on 15 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

This Thursday night – from 7pm Summiting Session: Organizing Your Speech Sam Jones DTM Speech Carlo Wolff CC Speech Jenny Ni CC CL Woman? Woman! Woman… Speech Spike Gu ACB Speech Dan Smith DTM TTM Emily Minor CC CL GE … Continue reading →

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To know it for the first time…

Posted on 11 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

TS Elliot would have us believe that the goal of journeying is to arrive at the place from which we started, and to know it for the first time. Tonight, I delivered my Ice Breaker, the first speech in the … Continue reading →

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This Thursday 11 December… How to Say It

Posted on 10 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

This week, we are focused on How to Say It. This is one of the early projects in the Competent Communicator manual, but it contains many powerful lessons for all of us. On our agenda: TME Sam Jones DTM Training … Continue reading →

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Thoughts after a General Evaluation

Posted on 20 November, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

I had a lovely time visiting one of my favourite Clubs in Shanghai last night. As GE for the meeting, I had the following thoughts that I wanted to share: Introduce with purpose and impact. Providing a little bit of … Continue reading →

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Congratulations: Spike Gu ACB

Posted on 14 November, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

Last night, we were privileged to watch Spike Gu ACB deliver his tenth advanced speech. This was a team technical presentation in which he worked with three other people – a demanding task at the best of times, but one … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to our successful contestants!

Posted on 14 September, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

This afternoon, CAT did great!!! Between Delphy Chow winning Humorous (with her fabulous speech on Flexibility), Bill Wang taking out Runner Up with his Black Swan speech, and Dan Smith (yeah, me!) being awarded Second Place for Table Topics, so … Continue reading →

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Designing Your Club Climate

Posted on 4 September, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

Every club has a different atmosphere. Some clubs are serious and strict while others are fun and informal. Some clubs have a ‘tardiness penalty’ or a ‘late fine’ while others hardly ever even start on time. But, along with key … Continue reading →

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